Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 6:15 PM EST for 6 counties in New York. It was in force for 30 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2012, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:36 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | West Valley, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 6:39 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Arcade, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 6:39 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Yorkshire, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 6:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Salamanca, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
119 WUUS51 KBUF 172315 SVRBUF NYC003-009-013-029-051-121-172345- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0005.120117T2315Z-120117T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 615 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 645 PM EST * AT 609 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF EAST CONCORD TO 19 MILES WEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST AURORA TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 85 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SALAMANCA... OLEAN... SPRINGVILLE... BLISS... HOUGHTON... BELFAST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4199 7919 4262 7880 4258 7790 4199 7829 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 262DEG 72KT 4268 7855 4203 7903 $$ WOOD
2 follow-up statements
578 WWUS51 KBUF 172334 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 634 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 NYC003-009-013-029-051-121-172345- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T2345Z/ ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- ERIE NY- 634 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA...SOUTHERN WYOMING... SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...CATTARAUGUS AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES... AT 630 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHAFFEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF RANDOLPH... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST AURORA TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 85 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SALAMANCA... FRANKLINVILLE... OLEAN... HOUGHTON... LAT...LON 4199 7919 4262 7880 4258 7790 4199 7829 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 262DEG 72KT 4260 7841 4196 7901 $$ WOOD
432 WWUS51 KBUF 172347 RRA SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 647 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 NYC003-009-013-029-051-121-172357- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T2345Z/ ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- ERIE NY- 647 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE... SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA...SOUTHERN WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...CATTARAUGUS AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 647 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES FARTHER EAST. LAT...LON 4199 7919 4262 7880 4258 7790 4199 7829 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 262DEG 72KT 4259 7838 4195 7898 $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 30 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 6 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:57 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:06 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Oswego and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Jan 17, 5:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jan 17, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.